In article <2645.2c25be14 at mbcl.rutgers.edu>, leidich at mbcl.rutgers.edu writes...
=I believe many of us spend time re-inventing the wheel. That is, someone
[...]
=crystal cooling
=flash freezing of crystals
Both of the above topics have been discussed at sessions at
the national American Crystallographic Association meetings
in the last few years.
=camera alignment, vacuum technology, inexpensive turbo pump replacements,
=interlocks, cooling water, safety, pilot/warning light substitutes that
=last forever
And these topics are always coming up in informal
discussions during these meetings. If you're not attending
these meetings, you're missing out on a huge resource of
ideas, research, materials, and instrumentation. I often
get as much out of talking to all the vendors at the show
than I do from the scientific sessions. I don't think
there's a particular need for ANOTHER meeting of
crystallographers.
Lee M. Daniels || Laboratory for Molecular Structure and Bonding, Texas A&M
daniels at lmsbvx.tamu.edu || DANIELS at TAMLMSB.BITNET